The Fight Over 7-OH Is Splitting the Kratom World
On July 29th, 2025, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. took the stage at a press conference in DC to make a major drug policy announcement: The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the HHS were recommending the placement of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), a federally legal opioid found in small quantities in […]
South Dakota Senate Rejects Debate On Banning Intoxicating Hemp And Kratom
A committee had advanced the bills without a recommendation to pass them. By John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight State senators voted against discussions on banning hemp-derived consumables and kratom on Thursday at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre. Separate bills to ban the use, possession, sale or consumption of those intoxicating substances advanced out of […]